Sr. Software Systems Engineering & Project Management

Timestamp: 2015-12-07

Mr. Ruben has extensive Systems and Software Engineering and Program Management experience in commercial IT and in the Government and DoD space. He is highly skilled in the gathering and analyzing of business and operational level requirements, and transforming them into solution designs and technical specifications. Having very strong technical, management, and leadership skills, He is very adept at working with customers and senior management to gather requirements, propose solutions, and get buy-in and support. He is also very adept at leading project teams and working with stakeholders to develop project plans, budgets, resources and schedules, keep project execution on track, and resolve issues as they occur. Mr. Ruben has demonstrated a unique talent for turning around troubled projects quite rapidly. He has an engineering degree and an MBA, is a certified PMP, and has an active TS/SCI clearance.

Director, Information Systems - Norwest Mortgage Bank, NJ 94 - 95 CIO of a division which develops software products for the real estate brokerage market having 75% market share • Guided investment in emerging technologies aligned with business strategies and product-market vision. • Directed daily operations of software product development, field support and helpdesk operations, customer site management, and electronic book production and distribution. • Directed the seamless integration of corporate MIS operations for 3 companies resulting from mergers. • Increased customer satisfaction rating to 99.7% from 82.3% in less than 6 months by streamlining business processes, strengthening internal training quality, and team building. Measurable results included a 15% increase in sales, and cost savings of $3.2M in Customer Support and Customer Service operations.

Vice President and Principal, Solution Delivery - Advanced Business Concepts, Inc., NJ 92 - 02 Management consulting company providing IT professional services to Fortune 500 clients encompassing project management, technical architecture, and software development • Started the company. Part owner engaged in business acquisition and managing large IT projects for clients involving enterprise infrastructure architecture and object oriented technologies for global enterprise, Internet, and client server application development and deployment. • Managed a $42M project for a Global Industrial Manufacturing Company integrating third party enterprise applications including BEA Portal, Peoplesoft, and Oracle ERP systems with legacy. • Spearheaded turn-around of a troubled project for a Global Financial Firm. Re-aligned organization, streamlined plans and resources, re-focused priorities, and innovated processes resulting in the delivery of an enterprise system through successful deployment within 3 months of original contract baseline thereby eliminating projected cost overruns of $13.8M and delays of 12 - 14 months.

Senior Developer - Advanced Business Concepts, Inc., New Jersey IT Technical Consultant with project roles as Systems Architect, Software Developer, Technical. Lead, and Project Manager on large IT based projects: • Designed and built Internet based Supply Chain Management applications in support of international retail merchandising and sourcing business in Java using J2EE and Web Services technologies with WebSphere, Websphere Studio, MQSeries, DB2, TAU UML, CleareCase, ATGDynamo Portal, XML, SOAP WebServices, on Mainframe, Unix, and NT platforms. Led team of 20 developers. Migrated .asp / .com applications to j2ee. Integrated SCM aplication modules with CRM applications. Supported .asp / .com applications in production. • Designed, installed and configured the infrastructure architecture, and administered siteMinder, iPlanet, WebLogic, Jolt, Tuxedo, and Oracle on Sun servers, and crystal reports on NT servers for a Fortune 100 Global Industrial Manufacturing Conglomerate during implementation of Peoplesoft 8 HR modules encompassing BenAdmin, Payroll, Pension, Time & Labor, Portal, and CRM modules. Performed Peoplesoft environment setup, module upgrades, updates and fixes, database and server performance tuning, data conversion, change control, and security. Led team of 9 DBAs, Systems and Network Administrators administering 23 sites. • Designed and built Internet based multi-currency and multi-lingual brokerage and financial applications in support of international institutional and retail businesses of a Fortune 100 International Financial Services Company in Java and XML/XSLT using J2EE technologies with WebSphere, VisualAge, MQSeries, DB2 UDB with Data Propagator, UML, Rational Rose, CleareCase, and ClearQuest on RS/6000 and NT platforms, and followed the RUP methodology. Led team of 20 developers. • Architect and implement Internet based multi-currency and multi-lingual shipping and logistics applications supporting international freight carrier businesses of a Global Transportation and Logistics company in Java using iPlanet, WebLogic, GetAccess, Oracle, MQSeries, XML, MQSI(Neon), TopLink, Oracle8i on Sun servers, DB2 on AS400, UML, RUP, Rational Rose, ClearCase, and Visual Café. Led team of 6 developers. • Developed and maintained e-Store and e-Catalogue applications for selling CDs, records, and tapes, and downloading music over the internet for an International Retail Company using JSPs, Servelets, and EJBs. • Designed secure J2EE infrastructure and developed connection components using JDBC, RMI, CORBA IIOP, XML for a financial and benefits portal of a Leading Insurance and Financial Services Company working with WebSphere, GetAccess, MQSeries, Sybase, VisualAge, TogetherJ, UML, RUP, and PVCS. • Wrote cgi and applications code in C++ and Unix ksh scripts on HP-UX for a Major Health Insurance Company operating an internet based drug store using MQSeries and CORBA based Orbix to interfaced with mainframes and external vendors, used Verisign for secure transactions and payment processing, and used Informix to store user data. Supported migration and conversion of programs to BroadVision. • Designed and implemented Data Warehouse and Data Marts hosting detailed accounting and financial transactions for a Global Insurance / Financial Services Company on Sun platforms, Sybase with replication server. Developed model with ERWIN. Wrote Stored Procedures and ETL applications with ksh Unix scripts and C++ programs with ct-lib. Wrote internet OLAP application with perl, sybperl, cgi-perl, HTML, javascript, and Nestscape's web server. Wrote client-server workflow application to collect financial transaction details from General Ledger in VB, VC++, and Crystal Reports on NT. Led team of 6 developers. • Designed and implemented a 3-Tier client server Intermodal Carrier Dispatch System applications for a global shipping and logistics company with VB, VC++ with MFC on NT, C with tcp/ip sockets and APPC over LU6.2 on AIX, EDI applications and DB2 MVS remote stored procedures on CICS. Modeled database schema with ERWIN. Used JAD to gather requiremets. Led team of 6 developers. • Designed and developed internet based Client and Counter-Party Management applications for a Global Financial Services Company in perl, with cgi, HTML, and Javascript on Sun Unix. Developed Data Model using ERWIN. Wrote Oracle stored procedures and triggers in PL/SQL. Developed object models with Rational Rose, UML, and RUP. Wrote back-end applications in C++ with Rogue Wave, Documentum, CORBA Orbix, and MQSeries. Used JAD to gather requiremets. Led team of 8 developers. • Maintained three-tier client server Disease Management System in PowerBuilder for a Major Medical Services Provider. Wrote links to Mainframe systems in C using SNA APPC and FileNet on HP Unix platforms. This complex system included Patient Management, Treatment Pathways, Outcomes Analysis, and Systems Administration Modules. Tuned Sybase database, replication Server, UNIX, FileNet, and system architecture to improve reliability and performance. Led team of 12 developers. • Designed and implemented a 3-tier client server trade fulfillment system for a Major Financial Broker Dealer which performs receipt and delivery of securities and funds, settlement, and clearance functions interfacing with accounting applications, clearance, treasury, banks and financial institutions, and via SWIFT to international financial institutions and exchanges for non-US trades. Developed object models with Rational Rose. Wrote code in VB on NT, in C++ on Sun Unix with MQSeries using publish and subscribe, Wrote Sybase stored procedures. Used JAD to gather requiremets. Led team of 8 developers. • Developed 3-tier client-server Global Trade system for the foreign currency exchange operations of a major international bank. Built an automated funds transfer workflow applications to monitor, edit, and authorize foreign exchange funds transfers for automatic execution in VB on Windows, and C using DCL on DEC VMS. Wrote Sybase stored procedures. Built an application for trading currencies and currency based derivatives in VC++ with MFC on Windows, and C using DCL on DEC VMS and Sybase. Built a SWIFT message object to decompose, parse and validate MTxxx message fields in C using DCL on DEC VMS and Sybase. Led team of 4 developers. • Data Architect for General Insurance Information Systems Enterprise Data Services for a Global Insurance Company. Developed logical and physical data models using ERWIN. Implemented database in DB2 UDB on RS/6000 AIX. Wrote stored procedures in C on Unix AIX. Wrote code to link with mainframe DB2 MVS. Also served as DB2 UDB DBA. Led team of 3 developers. • Designed and developed n-tier client server applications for a Major Telecommunications Company using PowerBuilder on Windows, and C, ksh Unix scripts and.Tuxedo. Wrote data migration code in Pro*C. Wrote Oracle stored procedures in PL/SQL. Also served as Oracle DBA. Led team of 12 developers. Senior Scientist - ITT Aerospace Communications Division, Nutley, NJ 89 - 92 Chief Technologist for information systems and security engineering products • Directed the marketing and delivery of emerging communications systems technologies research and development projects to government sponsor labs and multiple DoD organizations. • Lead engineering design and pricing efforts on major secure communications proposals. • Provided technical consultation, technical oversight, and engineering support to on-going tactical communications projects. • Managed internal technology R&D projects for applications in satellite communications, signal processing, secure wireless and telecommunications, command & control, and mission planning. Security Clearance: TS SBI. Technical Manager, Strategic Systems: GTE Government Systems, Mountainview, CA 86 - 89 • Managed the Systems Engineering department supporting numerous projects designing and building global distributed information system infrastructures and specialized applications for SIGINT/COMINT, satellite communications, distributed command, control & intelligence, and mission planning and mission management. • Built and managed a highly effective top notch multi-disciplined team of over 75 highly talented senior engineers. • Performed department administration and provided technical vision, leadership and supervision to Project Managers and Engineers throughout the project life-cycle. • Reviewed and approved project related plans, specifications, designs, and tests on all projects. • Promulgated Engineering and Management policies and processes, incorporating industry best practices. Security Clearance: TS EBI. Engineering Programs Manager: MERDAN, Inc., San Diego, CA 85 - 86 • Managed a $2M Systems Engineering and Security Engineering project to design and install an information network onboard the National Emergency Airborne Command Post aircraft. Achieved Multi-Level Security certification by the national information security authority. • Managed a $700K Systems Engineering and Security Engineering project to design the information security architecture and cryptographic key infrastructure for the Advanced Tactical Fighter Demonstrator avionics. Security Clearance: TS SCI Sr. Program Manager, Advanced Radar Programs: Teledyne Ryan Electronics, San Diego, CA 83 - 85 • Managed a $6M portfolio of technology demonstration projects involving the development of hardware and customized software for Airborne and Space based Sensor Systems projects, Imaging and digital signal processing R&D projects, and Electronics Warfare systems technology projects. • Patented Signal Encoding algorithms and digital signal processing applications in radar and multi-spectral sensor imaging systems used in surveillance, intelligence, communications, and guidance & control systems. Security Clearance: SECRET. Program Manager: Hughes Aircraft Company, Fullerton, CA 80 - 83 Member Technical Staff, Systems Engineering - Received 2 company awards for process innovation leading to significant cost savings • Program Management Office - Tactical Systems Managed a $535M portfolio of projects involving the development of hardware and customized software for the TPQ-36 and TPQ-37 FireFinder Radar systems, and for the TACFIRE battlefield communications during LRIP phase and early Full Scale Production phase • Program Management Office - Naval Weapons Managed a $280M portfolio of projects involving the development of hardware and customized software for the Sonar, Guidance Control, and Power subsystems on the Mk-48 ADCAP torpedo program during the System Design and Development phase. Security Clearance: SECRET.